NAIA Men: #4 Keiser edges #7 Webber 13-12 – Both Recaps
via the school’s press releases
No. 4 Men’s Lacrosse Closes Out Regular Season with Win over Webber, 13-12
Score: No. 4 Keiser 13, No. 7 Webber 12
Records: No. 4 Keiser (7-4, 6-2 AAC), No. 7 Webber (11-5, 3-4 AAC)
Warrior Turf Field, Babson Park, Fla.
The No. 4 Keiser Seahawks prevailed in a back and forth battle with the Webber International Warriors on Saturday afternoon in Babson Park, Florida.
Keiser 4, Webber 3
- Cole Stassi needed just 13 seconds to give Keiser the lead.
- The Warriors would respond with a 3-0 run to give Webber the 3-1 advantage with 7:55 on the clock.
- Stassi would find Michael Shephard who found the back of the net to reduce the Warrior lead with 3:47 showing
- With under a minute to play Ryan Schwartz would get his first of the day to tie the game at 3-3.
- Stassi would give Keiser momentum heading into the second with a goal to push the Seahawks ahead to a 4-3 lead.
Keiser 6, Webber 6
- Webber would jump out to an early second-quarter lead with back-to-back goals from Alexander Kew.
- A goal by Max Hiestand tied the game at 5-5 with 9:40 to play in the second.
- With his first goal of the game, Vincent Cerasuolo would break the tie and give KU a 6-5 lead at the 6:31 mark.
- The Warriors would get it back at the 2:05 mark to put the score level heading into the half.
Keiser 10, Webber 7
- Webber would take the 7-6 lead with 11:37 on the clock before the Seahawks would respond with a 3-0 run.
- Josten Ucros started the run at the 7:46 mark with his first of the game.
- Shephard and Stassi would both add goals headed into the fourth quarter with KU leading 10-7.
Keiser 13, Webber 12
- Keiser extended their lead 44 seconds into the fourth with Schwartz’s second goal of the game.
- Webber went on to tie the game at 10-10 after a 3-0 run over two minutes in the fourth quarter.
- Cerasuolo put KU briefly back on top before Webber tied the game at 11-11 with 7:24 left to play.
- The Warriors would respond at the 4:06 mark to take a 12-11 lead.
- It was Hiestand’s heroics that tied the game at the 3:21 mark for KU.
- With 2:47 to play, Cerasuolo found an opening and sank the game-winner for Keiser as they would go on to win 13-12.
- 3/6: Stassi led all Seahawks with two assists on the day and five points.
- 3: Cerasuolo and Stassi tied for the team lead in goals with three each.
- 12: Cole George earned another win in net, stopping 12 shots on the day.
- 14/20: Cam Provines collected a team-best 14 ground balls following 20 faceoff wins.
- 24/100: With his 24th assist of the season, Cole Stassi now has the most assists ever in a season by a Seahawk and reached the 100 point milestone.
No. 4 Keiser
Points: Stassi (6)
Goals: Cerasuolo/Stassi (3)
Assists: Stassi (3)
Faceoffs: Provines (20-28)
Ground Balls: Provines (14)
Caused Turnovers: Ellick (1)
Saves: George (12)
No. 7 Webber
Points: Kew (6)
Goals: Kew (5)
Assists: Six Tied (1)
Faceoffs: Scott (9-29)
Ground Balls: Scott/Elam (8)
Caused Turnovers: Monah (2)
Saves: Kulick (10)
Keiser will host the opening round of the Appalachian Athletics Conference tournament next week on a date to be determined.
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